Any kid who knows how to use social media knows that its toxic to post pictures of themselves with the confederate flag.
Should they get kicked off the team? That is up to the school. I am not able to care about them any less.
Anyone acting “surprised” this has gone “viral” is just not paying attention.
As you must know, that is not the flag of the Confederate States. It is the battle flag of Northern Virginia.
This is the Stars and Bars
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8596171/High-school-cheerleaders-posed-T-shirt-saying-love-Redneck-Boys-Confederate-flag.html
Both the daughter and the mother are ignorant of southern history. The cheerleaders probably are too.
High school history classes don’t teach about the thousands of blacks who were slave owners.
you have obviously never lived in the South.